Phone Data in Public Health Efforts May Magnify Health Inequities
- Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) have revealed that mobile phone data increasingly used in public health efforts may underrepresent vulnerable populations and magnify health inequities. These findings, described in a study published last week in PLOS Digital Health, highlight the adverse impact that data gaps in mobile...
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